Series Daytona January test, day three

Law, Farnbacher Run Fastest Laps Monday in Final Day of "Roar Before
the Rolex 24" Testing;
Next event for Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series is famed Rolex 24 At
Daytona
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2009) - Darren Law and Dominik...

Law, Farnbacher Run Fastest Laps Monday in Final Day of "Roar Before
the Rolex 24" Testing;
Next event for Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series is famed Rolex 24 At
Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 5, 2009) - Darren Law and Dominik Farnbacher
waited until the final day to set the fastest laps of the "Roar Before
the Rolex 24" Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal
Cask No. 16 at Daytona International Speedway.

Law, driving the No. 58 Brumos Racing Porsche Riley, led the Daytona
Prototypes in the Monday's conclusion of the three-day session with a lap
of 1:31.733 (125.977 mph). He will co-drive with David Donohue, Buddy
Rice and Antonio Garcia in the 47th Rolex 24 At Daytona, which takes the
green flag at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24.

Farnbacher waited until the final 30 minutes of the closing session
before running a lap of 1:50.881 (115.853 mph) in a simulated qualifying
run in the No. 86 Farnbacher Loles Racing Porsche GT3.

Christophe Bouchut, who was quickest in Sunday's combined testing, had
the fastest lap for much of Monday morning in the No. 55 Edata
Solutions/Supercar Life Racing LevelFive Motorsports BMW Riley prior to
Law's fastest lap.

"We've spent a lot of time with this car, and the team has done a good
job with setup," Law said. "We've been inching up on it and it's getting
there. We're pretty happy with the car. We're close to going racing now.
Right now, we're running in race equipment, making sure that everything
is working properly.

Michael Valiante had held the quickest lap of the test, set Saturday when
he ran a lap of 1:41.760 (125.943 mph) in the No. 6 Michael Shank Racing
Ford Riley he shares with John Pew, AJ Allmendinger and Ian James.

Bouchut placed third overall with his Sunday lap of 1:41.859 (125.821
mph), followed by Tomas Enge, who led Monday's closing session with a lap
of 1:41.916 (125.751 mph). Enge drives the No. 22 Alegra Motorsports
Gatorade/Today MD BMW Riley with Carlos de Quesada, Jean-Francois
Dumoulin and Ryan Dalziel.

"We had a few problems during this test, but it looks like at the end of
the test it looks like we've sorted out the small issues and we've set up
the car quite well," Enge said. "We've still got a ways to go before the
race, but the car looks good and we feel very positive. I still need a
few more laps to be comfortable, but it's working well. It's not perfect
yet, but I know we will work hard and we will be ready before the race
and we will be strong."

"We had a good performance, and everything worked very well," Farnbacher
said. "On our fastest lap, our setup was like what it would be for
qualifying, and it worked pretty good. Also, we put new tires on and we
wanted to see what the difference would be between old and new tires. It
was not really a big gain. The Pirelli tires are very good and very
consistent. I also did a long run to see how the tires would perform
through the stint, and the Pirelli tires were very consistent. We are
quite happy to have such good lap times."

Monday's final session produced the three fastest GT laps of the weekend.
Andy Lally ran a lap of 1:51.169 (115.284 mph) in the No. 67 TRG Porsche
GT3 he co-drives with Justin Marks, Pat Long, Jorg Bergmeister and RJ
Valentine. Third in the GT class was the No. 65 TRG Porsche GT3 of Craig
Stanton, who ran 1:51.176 (115.277 mph) in the car shared by Bryce
Miller, Ted Ballou and Marco Holzer.

"It's nice to get back in a race car, but more than anything, this race
is something special to me and something I admired as a kid growing up,"
Johnson said. "I like being involved in it, with the racers and teams
that are all involved in the Rolex 24.

"This is different for me," Johnson added. "This car and the way we use
the brakes are very different from what I'm used to, so I'm working very
hard to be more committed in the braking zones. Practicing driver changes
is very different, and I certainly improved from my first stop to the
fourth time I tried it."

Earlier Monday Penske Racing announced its driver lineup and sponsorship
for the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Romain Dumas, Timo Bernhard and Ryan Briscoe
will co-drive the No. 16 Crown Royal Cask No. 16, with Dumas and Bernhard
continuing in the car for the remainder of the Grand-Am Rolex Series
season.

"Going into the Rolex 24, we have two goals as a team," said Bernhard,
who won the GT class in the 2002 Rolex 24 and then captured overall
honors for TRG the following year. "Sure, we want to win the race because
it's an outstanding race. But on the other hand we are looking for a good
start to the season for the whole year, so we can fight for the
championship."